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Spectrum: Bruce Ames & Rhonda Patrick Pt 2 7.11.2014

Bruce Ames Sr Scientist at CHORI, and Prof Emeritus of Biochem and Molecular Bio, at UC Berkeley. Rhonda Patrick Ph.D. biomedical science, postdoc at CHORI in Dr. Ames lab. The effects of micronutrients on metabolism, inflammation, DNA damage, and aging

Spectrum: Bruce Ames and Rhonda Patrick Pt 1 06.27.2014

Dr. Ames is a Senior Scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, director of their Nutrition & Metabolism Center, and a Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, at the University of California, Berkeley.
Rhonda Patrick has a Ph.D. in biomedical science. Dr. Patrick is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute with Dr. Ames.
Bruce Ames Sr Scientist at CHORI, and Prof Emeritus of Biochem and Molecular Bio, at UC Berkeley. Rhonda Patrick Ph.D. biomedical science, postdoc at CHORI in Dr. Ames lab. The effects of micronutrients on metabolism, inflammation, DNA damage, and aging

Spectrum: Mathias Craig Pt 2 05.30.2014

Mathias Craig, Co-Founder and Exec. Dir. of Blue Energy. Blue Energy is a not for profit, NGO working in Caribbean coastal communities of Eastern Nicaragua to help connect them to energy, clean water, sanitation and other services. Blueenergygroup.org

Spectrum: Mathias Craig Pt 1 05.16.2014

Mathias Craig, Co-Founder and Exec. Dir. of Blue Energy. Blue Energy is a not for profit, NGO working in Caribbean coastal communities of Eastern Nicaragua to help connect them to energy, clean water, sanitation and other services. Blueenergygroup.org

Spectrum: Diana Pickworth 05.02.2014

Archaeologist Dr Diana Pickworth. She is presently a Visiting Scholar in the UC Berkeley Near Eastern Studies Department. Formerly Assoc Prof of Mesopotamian Art and Archaeology and Museum Studies at the University of ‘Aden in the Republic of Yemen.

Spectrum: Cathryn Carson & Fernando Perez Pt 2 04.18.2014

Cathryn Carson is an Assoc Prof of History, and the Ops Lead of the Social Sciences D- Lab at UC Berkeley. Fernando Perez is a research scientist at the Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center at U.C. Berkeley. Berkeley Institute for Data Science.

Spectrum: Cathryn Carson & Fernando Perez Pt 1 04.04.2014

Cathryn Carson is an Assoc Prof of History, and the Ops Lead of the Social Sciences D- Lab at UC Berkeley. Fernando Perez is a research scientist at the Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center at U.C. Berkeley. Berkeley Institute for Data Science.

Spectrum: Steve Blank Pt 2 03.21.2014

Steve Blank, lecturer Haas School of Business UCB. He has been a entrepreneur in Silicon Valley since the 1970s. He has been teaching and developing curriculum for entrepreneurship training. Built a method for high tech startups, the Lean LaunchPad.

Spectrum: Steve Blank Pt 1 03.07.2014

Steve Blank, lecturer Haas School of Business UCB. He has been a entrepreneur in Silicon Valley since the 1970s. He has been teaching and developing curriculum for entrepreneurship training. Built a method for high tech startups, the Lean LaunchPad.

Spectrum: Josephine Yuen 02.21.2014

Dr. Josephine Yuen is the Ex Dir of E3S Center a collaboration of UCB, MIT, Stanford and UTEP. She is a Physical Chemist, Ph.D. from Cornell. She explains the e3s Center goals, Community College program, and focus on getting the research right.

Spectrum: Michel Maharbiz & D Cohen Pt 2

Michel Maharbiz & Daniel Cohen. Michel is an Assoc Prof with EECS-UCB. His research is building micro/nano interfaces to cells and organisms: bio-derived fabrication methods. Daniel received his PhD from UCB and UCSF Dept of Bioengineering in 2013.

Spectrum: Michel Maharbiz & Daniel Cohen Pt 1

Michel Maharbiz & Daniel Cohen. Michel is an Assoc Prof with EECS-UCB. His research is building micro/nano interfaces to cells and organisms: bio-derived fabrication methods. Daniel received his PhD from UCB and UCSF Dept of Bioengineering in 2013.

Spectrum: Richard Norgaard pt2 01.10.2014

Richard Norgaard Prof Emeritus of Energy and Resources at UC Berkeley. Among the founders of ecological economics, his research addresses how environmental problems challenge scientific understanding and the policy process. Part two of two.

Spectrum: Richard Norgaard Pt I 12.27.13

Spectrum: Touch Me 12.13.2013

Touch Me was the first BSR “live event”, moderated by Dr. Kiki Sanford UC Davis in collaboration with the Bay Area Science Festival. Guests were Lydia Thé, UC Berkeley. Benajmin Tee, Stanford. Daniel Cordaro UC Berkeley

Spectrum: Bob Bea Pt. II 11.29.2013

Dr. Bea worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers, and Royal Dutch Shell around the world. His research and teaching have focused on risk assessment and management of engineered systems. He is co-founder of Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at UCB.

Spectrum: Bob Bea Pt. I 11.15.2013

Dr. Bea worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers, and Royal Dutch Shell around the world. His research and teaching have focused on risk assessment and management of engineered systems. He is co-founder of Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at UCB.

Spectrum: Frost & Fenley 11.01.2013

Chuck Frost, and Erin Fenley of the UCB Energy Office talk about their efforts to drive down electricity use on the Berkeley campus. This program will shift the onus for electricity use on each of the 28 Operating Units on Campus. Mypower.berkeley.edu

Spectrum: Tanya Woyke and Chris Rinke 10.04.2013

Spectrum: Amy Herr 09.20.2013

Amy Herr's research focuses on bioinstrumentation innovation to improve quantitative measurements in life sciences and translating that work to provide better clinical diagnostics. Amy is Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley.

Spectrum: Claire Kremen & Alastair Iles

Claire Kremen and Alastair Iles of ESPM at UC Berkeley, who ran the Berkeley Center for Diversified Farming. Next on their agenda is the Berkeley Food Institute, which will include College of Natural Resources, Goldman School of Public Policy, School of Journalism, Berkeley Law and School of Public Health.

Spectrum: Toni Bode 08.23.2013

Zoologist Toni Bodi is currently developing a genomic diagnostic screen for Alzheimer’s disease and is a founding member of the Berkeley Bio Labs new bio hacker space. Nature magazine

Spectrum: Joan Ball & Peter Oboyski 07.26.2013

Joan Ball is a UC Berkeley Grad student in the College of Natural Resouces. Peter Oboyski is Collections Manager & Sr. Museum Scientist at the UC Berkeley Essig Museum of Entomology. www.notesfromnature.org

Spectrum: Arash Komeili 07.12.2013

Arash Komeili cell biologist, Assc. Prof. plant and microbial biology UC Berkeley. His research uses bacterial magnetosomes as a model system to study the molecular mechanisms governing the biogenesis and maintenance of bacterial organelles. Part 2

Spectrum: Arash Komeili 06.28.2013

Arash Komeili cell biologist, Assc. Prof. plant and microbial biology UC Berkeley. His research uses bacterial magnetosomes as a model system to study the molecular mechanisms governing the biogenesis and maintenance of bacterial organelles. Part1

Spectrum: Thomas Immel 06.14.2013

Dr. Thomas Immel is Assistant Research Physicist at SSL at UC Berkeley. His expertise is interpretation of remote-sensing data and modeling of physical processes in the upper atmosphere & ionosphere. His work includes UV imaging observations from 4 NASA missions. ICON

Spectrum: Thomas Immel 05.31.2013

Dr. Thomas Immel is Assistant Research Physicist at SSL at UC Berkeley. His expertise is interpretation of remote-sensing data and modeling of physical processes in the upper atmosphere & ionosphere. His work includes UV imaging observations from 4 NASA missions. ICON

Spectrum: Janet Jansson 05.17.2013

Janet Jansson is the Senior Staff Scientist in the Earth Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Her expertise is in molecular microbial ecology and “omics” approaches with a focus on soil, marine sediment and human gut environments.

Spectrum: Steven Glaser 05.03.2013

Steven Glaser is the Intelligent Infrastructure team leader for CITRIS and a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Glaser talks about wireless sensor networks, geothermal energy testing and his earthquake simulation.

Spectrum: Paul Piff 04.19.2013

Paul Piff, social psychologist and post-doc scholar in the Psychology Dept at UC Berkeley, studies how social hierarchy, inequality, and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups. Paul Piff received PhD in Psychology from UCB May 2012.

Spectrum: Pagan-Griso & Johnson 04.05.2013

A discussion between two physicists on the Higgs Boson and Super Symmetry. Simone Pagan-Griso, Postdoc Chamberlain Fellow at LBNL, works on the ATLAS team at CERN. Will Johnson, a Physicist at Sandia National Lab in Livermore CA, has worked on the Collider Detector at Fermilab.

Spectrum: Flaminia Catteruccia 03.22.2013

Flaminia Catteruccia discusses the molecular basis of mating and reproduction in Anopheles gambiae mosquito. Her research provides insight into the mosquito reproductive biology to better develop vector control. Catteruccia is Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health

Spectrum: Alexa Halford 03.08.2013

Halford discusses the NASA BARREL project and space weather. The Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses campaign will help study the Van Allen Radiation Belts and why they change over time by using balloons launched in Antarctica.

Spectrum: Michael Eisen pt2 02.22.2013

In part 2, Michael Eisen discusses the Public Library of Science, his position on GMOs and a labeling strategy. Eisen is Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development in UC Berkeley's Dept. of Molecular Biology and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Spectrum: Michael Eisen 02.08.2013

In part 1, investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Michael Eisen talks about his research, the field, and both experimental and computational biology. Eisen is Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development in UC Berkeley's Dept. of Molecular Biology.

Spectrum: Pioneers in Engineering 01.25.2013

Pioneers in Engineering is a UC Berkeley student-run project that provides STEM outreach in local high schools. PIE sponsors and supports a Spring semester robot competition. Guests include Vivek Nedyavila, Andrew Vanderburg, and David Huang. pioneers.berkeley.edu

Spectrum: Level Playing Field Institute 01.11.2013

Jarvis Sulcer, Allison Scott, Hailey Shavers, Ruby Alcazar, join us from the Level Playing Field Institute to discuss the year round STEM program in Bay Area High Schools for minority women. We discuss the program, how to apply, and get an idea of what it is like from Hailey and Ruby. lpfi.org

Spectrum: Delia Milliron pt2 12.28.2012

Princeton and UC Berkeley trained chemist Delia Milliron is the Deputy Director of the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. In part two, Delia talks about her interests, the Molecular Foundry and its unique environment. foundry.lbl.gov

Spectrum: Delia Milliron pt1 12.14.2012

Princeton and UC Berkeley trained chemist Delia Milliron is the Deputy Director of the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. In part one, Delia explains Nano Science and Technology. She talks about her research with nanocrystals to make thin films. foundry.lbl.gov

Spectrum: Sam Borgeson 11.30.2012

Discussion with Sam Borgeson, a PhD student in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. Sam’s aim is to reduce the environmental impacts of our buildings. He talks about building energy consumption, energy conservation, and the challenges building managers face in conservation.

Spectrum:Berkeley Science Review 11.16.2012

Three members of The Berkeley Science Review (Editor-in-chief Sebastien Lounis, Web Editor Adam Hill, and BSR Author Lindsay Glesener) talk about the printed Review and the digital blog. They describe how the BSR has changed their view of science.

Spectrum: Bradley and Jessica Voytek - brainSCANr 10.26.2012

The Voyteks created the Brain Systems, Connections, Associations, and Network Relationships engine, or brainSCANr. The tool is used to explore the relationships between different terms in peer reviewed publications. http://brainscanr.com/

Spectrum: KALX Engineers 10.19.2012

Past Engineers of KALX talk about the development of the station and its challenges. Features Sam Wood, Ron Quan, David Josephson, and Susan Calico. Also, past Music Director and Station Manager Doc Pelzel provides his insights.

Spectrum: Susan Shaheen 10.05.2012

Susan Shaheen is co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center and Lecturer at UC Berkeley. She discusses the revolution underway in transportation choices which she believes will be driven by smart phones.

Spectrum: UCSF Brewers Guild 09.07.2012

Members of the UCSF Brewers Guild (Yug Varma, Kenton Hokanson, Ryan Dalton, Scott Hansen, and Rober Schiemann) discuss the science of beer making.

Spectrum: Pedro Sanchez 08.24.2012

Pedro Sanchez is a soil scientist, Director of the Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program, and Director of the Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Dr. Sanchez was elected into the National Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Spectrum: Mitch Altman 08.10.2012

Inventor and self-described hacker Mitch Altman talks about Noisebridge, the San Francisco hackerspace he co-founded. Altman is responsible for co-founding 3-ware is now the President and CTO of Cornfield Electronics. His many inventions include TV-B-Gone and NeuroDreamer sleep mask.

Spectrum: Maggie Koerth-Baker - Energy Infrastructure 07.27.2012

Maggie Koerth-Baker, the science editor for boingboing.net, discusses her book "Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before it Conquers Us" and talks about the past, present, and future of energy infrastructure. www.maggiekb.com/books

Spectrum: Klein&Stezelberger 07.13.2012

Physicist Spencer Klein and Electrics Engineer Thorsten Stezelberger, both at Lawrenc Berkeley National Lab, describe the Neutrino Astronomical project IceCube, which was recently completed in Antarctica. They also go on to discuss proposed project Arianna.

Spectrum: Lisa Randall 06.29.2012

Lisa Randall is a theoretical physicist, expert on particle physics and cosmology who was a visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley in 2011-2012. Author of two books “Warped Passages” and “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” she is currently Professor at Harvard University.

Spectrum: Gary Sposito 06.01.2012

Prof. Garrison Sposito, soil scientist at UC Berkeley, talks about water and soil, the inputs organic and chemical that are often added to soil, soil stewardship, agriculture and food security.

Spectrum: Gary Sposito 05.18.2012

Prof. Garrison Sposito, soil scientist at UC Berkeley, is an active teacher and researcher. Prof. Sposito describes how soils form, how soil science has matured and talks about the influence of Hans Jenny on his work and life.

Spectrum: Tony DeRose and Michelle Hlubinka - Young Makers 05.04.2012

Tony DeRose and Michelle Hlubinka discuss Young Makers, a collaboration between Pixar, the Exploratorium, and Maker Media to connect kids with adult mentors to develop projects for the Maker Faire (May 19-20, 2012 in San Mateo). www.youngmakers.org

Spectrum: Joe Cordaro 04.20.2012

Joe Cordaro is a principle member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore. He is a research chemist who received his PhD in chemistry from UC Berkeley. He talks with us about his work in concentrated solar power systems.

Spectrum: N. McConnell-J. Silverman 04.06.2012

Jeff Silverman and Nicholas McConnell helped Spectrum present a three part Astronomy survey explaining the ideas, experiments, and observation technology that are transforming Astronomy. This is part three of three. We discuss Dark matter and dark energy.

Spectrum: Silverman-McConnell 03.23.2012

Nicholas McConnell, PhD candidate in Astrophysics at UCB summer 2012, and Jeff Silverman, PhD of Astrophysics from UCB in 2011, part one of three, talk about their work with supernovae and black holes. To help analyze astronomy data go to www.galaxyzoo.org or www.planethunters.org

Spectrum: N. McConnell, J. Silverman 03.09.2012

Nicholas McConnell, PhD candidate in Astrophysics at UCB summer 2012, and Jeff Silverman, PhD of Astrophysics from UCB in 2011, part one of three, talk about exoplanets and the search for water in the universe. To help analyze data www.galaxyzoo.org or www.planethunters.org

Spectrum: Peter Gifford 02.24.2012

Peter Gifford is the President and CTO of Cyromech Inc. He talks about cryogenics, the science of super low temperatures, and the challenges of growing a mid-sized high tech manufacturing company.

Spectrum: Elizabeth Muller 02.10.2012

The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study is doing a new analysis of the surface temperature record in a rigorous manner that addresses the criticism of previous analysis done by other groups.

Spectrum: Marty Mulvihill 01.27.2012

Martin Mulvihill, the Executive Director of Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, discusses the Center’s efforts to build an academic program to advance green chemistry through interdisciplinary scholarship. He discussed his views of sustainability in chemistry. bcgc.berkeley.edu

Spectrum: Ming Hammond 01.13.2012

Ming Hammond is Asst. Professor of Chemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology. Her research combines Chemical and Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry; Reengineering functional RNAs, and mechanistic studies of RNA-based gene regulation. She created the web site youstem.org.

Spectrum: Chris Jones 12.30.2011

Chris Jones is a Research Associate at RAEL and Phd student in ERG at UC Berkeley. His research is in industrial ecology, environmental psychology, ecological economics. He is lead developer of the CoolClimate Calculator at the web site coolcalifornia.org.

Spectrum: Anthony Garza - 12.16.11

Anthony Garza Jr. is the supervisor of horticulture and grounds at the botanical garden. He runs a class on horticultural methods and is responsible for the transition to more organic methodologies at the garden.

Spectrrum: Robert C. Leachman 12.02.2011

Professor Leachman explores the origins of Industrial Engineering Operations Research, his particular interests in the field, and an extensive analysis of supply chains from Asia to California and the dispersal of goods to U.S. markets.

Spectrum: Ed Feng 11.18.2011

Ed Feng discuss his algorithm, The Power Rank, for forecasting the outcome of sporting events. As a Miller Fellow, he studied statistical physics. We explore his path from academia to Silicon Valley start up and sports analytics.

Spectrum: David Sedlak 11.04.2011

David Sedlak is a professor in the school of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. He is also the Deputy Director of the NSF Engineering Center named Renuwit, which stands for Reinventing the nation's urban water infrastructure, and a member of the Berkeley Water Center. http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~sedlak/ http://urbanwatererc.org/

Spectrum: Kishore Hari 10.21.2011

The Bay Area Science Festival is an annual 10-day celebration of the science and technology of the Bay Area. Scientists share stories, passion and science at over 50 events. Programs feature hands-on activities and tours of cutting-edge facilities.

Spectrum: Maha Haji 10.07.11

The Human Power Generation in Fitness Facilities research project will create a human power generation center at the UC Berkeley Recreational Sports Facilities to develop new technologies and methods for energy conservation and power generation.

Spectrum: Simone Pagan-Griso

Simone Pagan-Griso, Postdoc Chamberlain Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, works on the ATLAS team at CERN.

Spectrum: Lotfi Zadeh 08.26.2011

In 1965 Prof. Zadeh published a paper titled Fuzzy Sets in the journal Information and Control. Fuzzy Set theory and Fuzzy Logic has been hailed as a brilliant addition to Set theory. Zadeh is Prof. Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.

Spectrum: Jason Hwan 08.12.2011

In critical spawning and overwintering habitat for salmonids Hwan studies the effects of temporal stream fragmentation across three organizational levels of ecology: population, community, and ecosystem levels.

Spectrum: Community Resources for Science 7.29.2011

CRS engages educators, students, and scientists in an innovative web of science learning resources, transforming science education. CRS is a group of educators and scientists working together to excite children about learning through scientific exploration of the world.

Spectrum: Paul Birkmeyer 07.01.2011

Paul Birkmeyer, EECS at UC Berkeley, talks about his work in the Biomimetic Millisystems Lab designing and building robots. The Lab seeks to harness features of locomotion, actuation, mechanics, and control strategies to improve millirobot capabilities.

Spectrum: Tim Pine & Tyler Grinberg 06.17.2011

Tim Pine of the Environment Health and Safety office at UCB and Tyler Grinberg, UCB student and creek restoration coordinator, discuss efforts to restore Strawberry Creek on the UC property. The creek restoration is a volunteer effort.

Spectrum:Melina Kozanitas 05.20.2011

Melina Kozanitas, PhD candidate in the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley, talks about her research in Matteo Garbelotto’s lab studying tree pathogens, particularly Sudden Oak Death, SOD. Spread and symptoms of SOD are detailed.

Spectrum: Dale McCullough & Wayne Linklater 05.06.2011

Dale McCollough of UCB and Wayne Linklater of Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand discuss a survey of wild animals in El Cerrito and Kensington, CA that McCullough and K. Jennings did in 1995 and 98. Linklater and J. Benson repeated the survey in 2010.

Spectrum: Shalene Jha & Hilary Sardenis 04.22.2011

Shalene Jha Postdoctoral Fellow and Hillary Sardinas College of Natural Resources grad student at UC Berkeley discuss their research in native bee populations, landscape genetics, foraging ecology, ecosystem services. They talk about research funding and collaboration.

Spectrum: Scott Stephens 04.08.2011

Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Policy & Management in the College of Natural Resources at UCB talks about his work in wildfire and forest management research. Wildfire suppression history and current policy is discussed.

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